| Dissection of the mutation accumulation process during bacterial range expansions
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| Short-range interactions govern the dynamics and functions of microbial communities
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| Understanding the evolution of interspecies interactions in microbial communities
Gorter, F. A., Manhart, M., & Ackermann, M. (2020). Understanding the evolution of interspecies interactions in microbial communities. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375(1798), 20190256 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0256 |
| Environmental drivers of metabolic heterogeneity in clonal microbial populations
Schreiber, F., & Ackermann, M. (2020). Environmental drivers of metabolic heterogeneity in clonal microbial populations. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 62, 202-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2019.11.018 |
| Stochastic gene expression influences the selection of antibiotic resistance mutations
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| Definitions and guidelines for research on antibiotic persistence
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| Mutational and selective processes involved in evolution during bacterial range expansions
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| Emergent microscale gradients give rise to metabolic cross-feeding and antibiotic tolerance in clonal bacterial populations
Dal Co, A., van Vliet, S., & Ackermann, M. (2019). Emergent microscale gradients give rise to metabolic cross-feeding and antibiotic tolerance in clonal bacterial populations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1786), 20190080 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0080 |
| Metabolic activity affects the response of single cells to a nutrient switch in structured populations
Dal Co, A., Ackermann, M., & van Vliet, S. (2019). Metabolic activity affects the response of single cells to a nutrient switch in structured populations. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 16(156), 20190182 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0182 |
| Why microbes secrete molecules to modify their environment: the case of iron-chelating siderophores
Leventhal, G. E., Ackermann, M., & Schiessl, K. T. (2019). Why microbes secrete molecules to modify their environment: the case of iron-chelating siderophores. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 16(150), 20180674 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0674 |
| Disseminating antibiotic resistance during treatment. A multidrug efflux pump can help bacteria acquire antibiotic resistance through plasmid transfer
Povolo, V. R., & Ackermann, M. (2019). Disseminating antibiotic resistance during treatment. A multidrug efflux pump can help bacteria acquire antibiotic resistance through plasmid transfer. Science, 364(6442), 737-738. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax6620 |
| The rate of environmental fluctuations shapes ecological dynamics in a two-species microbial system
Rodríguez-Verdugo, A., Vulin, C., & Ackermann, M. (2019). The rate of environmental fluctuations shapes ecological dynamics in a two-species microbial system. Ecology Letters, 22(5), 838-846. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13241 |
| Individual- versus group-optimality in the production of secreted bacterial compounds
Schiessl, K., Ross-Gillespie, A., Cornforth, D. M., Weigert, M., Bigosch, C., Brown, S. P., … Kümmerli, R. (2019). Individual- versus group-optimality in the production of secreted bacterial compounds. Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution, 73(4), 675-688. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13701 |
| Microbial life cycles link global modularity in regulation to mosaic evolution
van Gestel, J., Ackermann, M., & Wagner, A. (2019). Microbial life cycles link global modularity in regulation to mosaic evolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3(8), 1184-1196. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0939-6 |
| Division of labor in bacteria
Dal Co, A., Brannon, C., & Ackermann, M. (2018). Division of labor in bacteria. eLife, 7, e38578 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.38578 |
| Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems
Louca, S., Polz, M. F., Mazel, F., Albright, M. B. N., Huber, J. A., O'Connor, M. I., … Wegener Parfrey, L. (2018). Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 936-943. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0519-1 |
| Phylogenetic clustering of small low nucleic acid-content bacteria across diverse freshwater ecosystems
Proctor, C. R., Besmer, M. D., Langenegger, T., Beck, K., Walser, J. C., Ackermann, M., … Hammes, F. (2018). Phylogenetic clustering of small low nucleic acid-content bacteria across diverse freshwater ecosystems. ISME Journal, 12, 1344-1359. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0070-8 |
| Effective polyploidy causes phenotypic delay and influences bacterial evolvability
Sun, L., Alexander, H. K., Bogos, B., Kiviet, D. J., Ackermann, M., & Bonhoeffer, S. (2018). Effective polyploidy causes phenotypic delay and influences bacterial evolvability. PLoS Biology, 16(2), e2004644 (24 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2004644 |
| Prolonged bacterial lag time results in small colony variants that represent a sub-population of persisters
Vulin, C., Leimer, N., Huemer, M., Ackermann, M., & Zinkernagel, A. S. (2018). Prolonged bacterial lag time results in small colony variants that represent a sub-population of persisters. Nature Communications, 9(1), 4074 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06527-0 |
| Substrate and electron donor limitation induce phenotypic heterogeneity in different metabolic activities in a green sulphur bacterium
Zimmermann, M., Escrig, S., Lavik, G., Kuypers, M. M. M., Meibom, A., Ackermann, M., & Schreiber, F. (2018). Substrate and electron donor limitation induce phenotypic heterogeneity in different metabolic activities in a green sulphur bacterium. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 10(2), 179-183. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12616 |
